The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1887-08-25
PROGRESSIVE FARMER, EAUGUsTI8,l 1887.

public veal, he well deserves the hon:
orable distinction he enjoys, and we
beg to Iexpress,sour thanks to the dis
-tinguished gentleman for the kindly.
sentiments with which, be has so edo
qnently welcomed US, TO his city.
IT.. TWenty-three years ago and the
traveller in your city was met by
blackened walls, burned houses and
devastated homes, All was ruin,
desolation and despair. Little. by lit
tie the waste places. were cleared and
built upon; first here, and then there
a store, a factory, a ,hotel-.aad soop,.
as if by united impulse, the great
work began, and today you stand in:
railroad facilities, in extent of popula-
tion, in -beautyeo of public edifces, and
private residences, in hotel .accommo-
datlons, in number Of manufactures,
in wealth; and refinement Of your in.
habitants, and, above all, in the: enter
prise, sagacity and o~sobriety, Of your
people, the chief city of all the south
ern country between Richmond and
New Orleans. Applause, "a You.
may we'll call your city the gate city
of the south. Through her gates is
received the, great traffic, that comes
pouring into her lap from the north,
east, south and west, and out Of. her
gates. she sends countless commodities
to be distributed to every, part of the.
state, the United States and. Europe.
To no city in the south could this
convention of farmers from the ten
cotton states have with more propriety
come to hold this, their first meeting.
The farmers from all the states have
contributed to the prosperity of your
city, and it rejoices us to see the in
Vulnerable evidences of your wealth,
progress and enterprise which meet us
at every town, We exclaim in the
language Of the poet :" Quis jam locus
ACETATE quae regio in terris .nostri non
,plena laboris." [Applause. You
are proverbial for the hospitality of
your reception; and so popular has
your city become that it seems to be
granted that no place so suitable for a
meeting of representative southernerss
on any matter. could be found as the
gate city Of Atlanta. eft |
A word, Mr.. President, in conclu!
sion, as to the purpose Of our meeting,
We came, many of us, from consider
able distances and at some personal in
convenience, to consult together upon
that great question that concerns the
very integrity and perpetuity Of our
institutions-the causes Of agricultural
depression and it's remedy. I will not
expatiate upon the Importance of the
question, Those who. are to address
you during the convention will discuss
the matter in all its aspects. I trust,
however, we came here duly impressed
with the. gravity of the situation, inn
bued with but one spirit, and that for
the common veal, believing that no
permanent prosperity to the nation can
result from subordinating. n section.
Of the country to another, or in .impos-
ing burdens or restrictions upon an.
industry for the benefit of some other,
or in taxing the necessities Of q, farm
er's life for the Injuries or. benefit Of
the, manufacturer. Prolonged ap-
plause, Let us, one and all unite in
a common purpose, and carry out the
ideA contained mt sdri ip the language AZ Of Oft the.
"a union of lakes and a union of landqaI
/, A union of principles none can sever:
A union of hopes and a union of hands, ~%#
And the American union forever Applause
A committee was appointed to select:
permanent officers for the convention.
This committee swaso made up of the
following delegates r. f. Kolb, of
Alabama;J j. Z. Henderson, ofGeorgia;
Walter Gregory, of Tennessee; LII.
Polk, of North Carolina; R.. b. Wat.
SON, of South Carolina;4LnA Foster.
of Leuisiana;s E. B. Williams oflAr-:
kansas; H:tH
Speer. of Florida ID. Miles, of
Mississippi. e@v ets~ og&
s 4dt RoLIsor .DELEaATEs.s :tfe'.
ALABAMA-J.S S. Newman, R,r +.
Kolb, A. Ms Anderson, ia, .NIner,
George j. Mott, T, PssMcCo;hnpeelll., T.
L. Carson, G. W Hughes, ",
Webb, p. i. Allen, w. II johnson,
Thomas Brigdon, c.. Il. Newman,
Herbert Post, W. B. Beeson, D. g.
Dunkin, D. W. McCarty, w. B.
Lynch, James Clayton, w. c, For
renee, i. W: Walker, CT. McElderry.
ARKAxsAs-D, =. Barker, John N.